ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,872, issued on June 3, was assigned to The University of Hull (Great Britain).
"Methods of trapping crustaceans" was invented by Jorg Hardege (Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain), Nichola Fletcher (Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain), John Terschak (Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain) and Jonathan William Burnett (Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a delivery matrix comprising a carbohydrate derivative and at least one semiochemical for trapping and/or attracting and/or deterring at least one aquatic organism. The present invention provides a method for trapping and/or attracti...